Identification of scaffold/Matrix Attachment (S/MAR) like DNA element from the gastrointestinal protozoan parasite Giardia lamblia

Table 2 Summary of nuclear matrix binding ability of predicted Giardia S/MARs

S/MAR	S/MAR Name	Program	Position		Binding to Giardia	nuclear matrix
#			Start	End	By PCR Based Assay	By South Western Assay
1	Glsmar3	MARfinder	608261	609893	Negative	Negative
		MARscan	608909	609128
2	Glsmar7	MARfinder	1323096	1325120	Negative	Positive
		Chrclass	1323700	1324700
		SMARtest	1323911	1324345
3	Glsmar10	MARfinder	2261939	2263576	Positive	Positive
		MARscan	2262911	2262926
4	Glsmar11	MARfinder	2297402	2299363	Positive	Negative
		MARscan	2298226	2298428
5	Glsmar16	MARfinder	3366073	3367638	Positive	Negative
		Chrclass	3366600	3366900
6	Glsmar20	MARfinder	4477903	4479612	Positive	Positive
		MARscan	4478870	4478886
7	Glsmar66	MARfinder	4479841	4481171	Positive	Positive
		Chrclass	4480200	4480700
8	Glsmar22	MARfinder	4726045	4728003	Positive	Positive
		Chrclass	4726600	4727300
9	Glsmar26-1	Chrclass	5228300	5228800	Positive	Positive
		MARfinder	5228326	5230297	Positive
10	Glsmar26-2					Negative
11	Glsmar39	MARfinder	6968577	6970476	Positive	Negative
		MARscan	6969082	6969238
12	Glsmar42	MARfinder	7074440,	7076094	Positive	Negative
		Chrclass	7075300	7075800
13	Glsmar51	MARfinder	9281707	9283667	Negative	Negative
		MARscan	9283630	9283808
14	Glsmar55	Chrclass	10029900	1003030	Positive	Negative
		MARfinder	10030014	010031712
15	Glsmar58	MARfinder	10609035	1061158	Negative	Positive
		SMARtest	10610551	110610890

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